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I had a similar experience with my Xiaomi (robotic) vacuum cleaner. A few days after setting-up a tor relay (not an exit node!) on my home connection, my vacuum
by maxmouchet 6y ago
I had a similar experience with my Xiaomi (robotic) vacuum cleaner.
A few days after setting-up a tor relay (not an exit node!) on my home connection, my vacuum stopped working.
The "Mi Home" app, which communicates with the vacuum via a server in China, was unable to find the vacuum.
A traceroute to the Xiaomi servers revealed that my packets were dropped somewhere in the ChinaNet AS.
I stopped my relay and everything went back to the normal a few days later.
- sva_ 6y agoIs it really necessary for your vacuum to work, that it 1) connects to a server 2) on a different continent? Why would anyone willingly put something like this in their house?
- maxmouchet 6y agoIt is the v1 of their vacuum which was not sold officially in Europe/America. The newer versions can work with servers located in Europe. If you don't want to use the Xiaomi app there is an API to control the vacuum on the LAN. See also "34C3 - Unleash your smart-home devices: Vacuum Cleaning Robot Hacking" [1] Privacy and security concerns aside, I find that pretty magical that you can control a device from the other side of the planet, with only a few hundred milliseconds of latency :-) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhyM-bhzFsI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhyM-bhzFsI.